Education Liberia Project #16650

Change Her Story - Get 75 Girls in School!

by More Than Me

Project Report | May 26, 2015
Her Story After Ebola

By Emily Bell | Project Leader

Dear MTM Family,

School is open and the girls are so excited to be back in school. We are cautiously celebrating the news of the release of Liberia's last Ebola patient, and remain focused on supporting the survivors of this horrible epidemic. What happened during Ebola was unacceptable, and it affected us deeply. Now more than ever, we must do more to ensure that our girls graduate with real opportunities. On top of running the More Than Me Academy and supporting Ebola survivors, we are exploring ways to rebuild Liberia's education system to make the biggest impact possible.

As we prepare to leapfrog our girls forward, we've decided to deactivate this project and focus on our exisiting More Than Me Girls Academy project and establishing a new path forward. Your donations have helped us get 35 more girls in school, most of whom were orphaned or abandoned by Ebola. (Our expansion plans changed from adding 75 new students when Ebola hit.) Not only did your donations provide these girls with an education, but you also provided them with two hearty meals a day, access to healthcare, access to a computer lab and library, and a robust afterschool program, ensuring the girls are off the street for the entire day from 7am to 5pm. THANK YOU. You deserve a pat on the back.

You can still help fund our education programs by giving directly through our website here or on GlobalGiving through our More Than Me Girls Academy project.

Thank you for believing in a brighter future for Liberia.

In this together,

Emily and the More Than Me team

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Feb 25, 2015
Her turn to go back to school.

By Emily Bell | Project Leader

Nov 26, 2014
Working to get Ebola out of Liberia

By Emily Bell | Project Leader

Dear MTM family,

Thank you for your continued support. Over the past few months, we've expanded our mission to fight Ebola because we believe that as long as Ebola is in Liberia, our girls are at risk. So we are fighting with everything in us to end this epidemic that terrorizes our children and their families. After witnessing the work being done in the West Point community, we started The Coalition to End Ebola to organize partners and community leaders already working in the community to fill the gaps and support local needs.

All schools in Liberia remain closed. Recently, President Sirleaf lifted Liberia's state of emergency and expressed hope that schools would be able to reopen in early 2015. We are working hard and hoping that Ebola cases continue to decrease in Liberia so that we can reopen the More Than Me Academy by February 2015. We will be sure to keep you updated.

As for adding more students, when we reopen in early 2015, we'll be running a leaner version of our original plan for the year. We will open for our existing students and use a mixture of current staff and volunteers to work at the school. We will still provide meals, access to healthcare and psychosocial services, and computer and health classes on top of the regular academic class schedule.

Our longer term plans are to open a boarding school for these girls and the children we've met who've been orphaned or abandoned by Ebola. We hope you'll expand your hearts with us when we're ready to move forward on this exciting project.

To continue all of these projects, we absolutely need your support. On December 2nd, AKA Giving Tuesday, Microsoft is once again matching donations 100%! Donations up to $500 will be matched. We are getting ready for big things - will you help us begin by getting girls like Mamawa back in school?

If you'd like a reminder when match day begins, join our facebook event! Invite all your friends too!

Thank you for your continued support and love. We are grateful for you, and wish you a happy and peaceful Thanksgiving this week.

For a brighter future,

Emily and the More Than Me Team

Mamawa forgot Ebola's no touching rule.

Awareness work in West Point

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